kitchen remodel

We are finally done with our kitchen remodel!  We began this project nearly 4 months ago, but since the work was primarily done in the evenings and on the weekends, it has taken awhile to complete.  Will has done ALL of the work himself = design, demo, drywall, flooring, cabinetry (he built the cabinets from scratch), installation of the butcher block countertops & glass tile backsplash, and everything else (with a little help from me here and there).  Here are some before and after photos, including some photos of the way the kitchen looked when we moved into the house in 2006.

kitchen in 2006 (looking into dining room) right after we bought the house...dark and dreary!

shortly after moving in, we painted the cabinets and cut an opening in the wall between the kitchen and living room

our new kitchen...opened up completely to the living room & old dining room

original kitchen in 2006

the way the kitchen looked (looking into living room) right before starting this remodel in May

new kitchen (& fancy new gas stove!) looking into living room

new kitchen, looking into what used to be the dining room

original wall between living room and kitchen

hole we cut in the wall when we moved in

new kitchen, looking from living room

original breakfast nook in 2006

we really only used the nook for storage over the years

Will extended the wall in the nook, so now it actually fits a table

old dining room, right when we started demo

"dining room" now...tons of storage instead

many of the cabinets have slide-out drawers

floor to ceiling pantry

more slide-out storage

original sink in 2006

sink area right before starting demo

new sink cabinet

another view of new kitchen

another view...looking towards breakfast nook

so much counter space!!

glass mosaic tile backsplash